Dude vs. Due

Dudenoun

A man, generally a younger man.

‘So we were at the mall and these two dudes just walk up to us and say "hi".’;

Dueadjective

Owed or owing.

‘He is due four weeks of back pay.’; ‘The amount due is just three quid.’; ‘The due bills total nearly seven thousand dollars.’; ‘He can wait for the amount due him.’;

Dudenoun

A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning him or offering him advice.

‘Dude, I'd be careful around the principal; he's having a bad day.’; ‘Watch it, dude; you almost knocked me over.’;

Dueadjective

Appropriate.

‘With all due respect, you're wrong about that.’;

Dudenoun

An inexperienced cowboy.

Dueadjective

Scheduled; expected.

‘Rain is due this afternoon.’; ‘The train is due in five minutes.’; ‘When is your baby due?’;

Dudenoun

(slang) A tourist.

Dueadjective

Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.

‘The baby is just about due.’;

Dudenoun

(archaic) A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.

Dueadjective

Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.

‘The dangerously low water table is due to rapidly growing pumping.’;

Dudeinterjection

(slang) A term of address, usually for a man, conveying awe, excitement, surprise, etc.

‘Dude! You finally called!’;

Dueadjective

On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass

‘The town is 5 miles due North of the bridge.’;

Dudeverb

To address someone as dude.

Dueadverb

(used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.

‘The river runs due north for about a mile.’;

Dudeverb

To take a vacation in a dude ranch.

Duenoun

Deserved acknowledgment.

‘Give him his due — he is a good actor.’;

Dudeverb

(US) Usually followed by up: to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes.

Duenoun

(in plural dues) A membership fee.

Dudenoun

A kind of dandy; especially, one characterized by an ultrafashionable style of dress and other affectations.

‘The social dude who affects English dress and English drawl.’;

Duenoun

That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.

Dudenoun

a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

Duenoun

Right; just title or claim.

Dudenoun

a man; a guy (often as a form of address)

‘if some dude smacked me, I'd smack him back’; ‘hey dude, what's up?’;

Dueadjective

Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable.

Dudenoun

a stylish and confident person

‘cool dudes’;

Dueadjective

Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit.

‘Her obedience, which is due to me.’; ‘With dirges due, in sad array,Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne.’;

Dudenoun

a city-dweller, especially one holidaying on a ranch in the western US.

Dueadjective

Such as (a thing) ought to be; fulfilling obligation; proper; lawful; regular; appointed; sufficient; exact; as, due process of law; due service; in due time.

Dudeverb

dress up elaborately

‘my brother was all duded up in silver and burgundy’;

Dueadjective

Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday.

Dude

Dude is English slang (originally American English) for an individual, typically male. From the 1870s to the 1960s, dude primarily meant a person who dressed in an extremely fashionable manner (a dandy) or a conspicuous citified person who was visiting a rural location, a .

‘city slicker’;

Dueadjective

Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.

‘This effect is due to the attraction of the sun.’;

Dueadverb

Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.

Duenoun

That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll.

‘He will give the devil his due.’; ‘Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil.’;

Duenoun

Right; just title or claim.

‘The key of this infernal pit by due . . . I keep.’;

Dueverb

To endue.

Duenoun

that which is deserved or owed;

‘give the devil his due’;

Duenoun

a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership);

‘the society dropped him for non-payment of dues’;

Dueadjective

owed and payable immediately or on demand;

‘payment is due’;

Dueadjective

proper and appropriate; fitting;

‘richly deserved punishment’; ‘due esteem’;

Dueadjective

scheduled to arrive;

‘the train is due in 15 minutes’;

Dueadjective

suitable to or expected in the circumstances;

‘all due respect’; ‘due cause to honor them’; ‘a long due promotion’; ‘in due course’;

Dueadjective

reasonable in the circumstances;

‘gave my comments due consideration’; ‘exercising due care’;

Dueadverb

directly or exactly; straight;

‘went due North’;